Comedy ·Fantasy ·Drama ·Family · Japan · 2013 · 2h 0m

Maruyama, the Middle Schooler

中学生円山

Maruyama, the Middle Schooler poster
Director
Kankuro Kudo
Cast
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Tatsuo Shimoi Takuma Hiraoka as Katsuya Maruyama Yang Ik-june as Yuiko Kariya as Yuzuka Shimizu Maki Sakai as Mizuki Maruyama Toru Nakamura as Katsuyuki Maruyama
Crew
Kazushige Tanaka — Director of Photography Ryuji Miyajima — Editor Shutoku Mukai — Original Music Composer Kankuro Kudo — Screenplay Masahiko Mizuguchi — Producer Kazutoshi Wadakura — Producer
Synopsis

Katsuya Maruyama is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi, a single father who moves into the same apartment complex. Tatsuo Shimoi is a bit of an enigma: he doesn't get along with the housewives in the apartment complex and doesn't appear to work. Through his encounter with the mysterious single father, Katsuya grows as a person.

Mood & Themes
high schoolserial killertower blockjunior high schooljapanese junior high schooler
Key Collaborators
Kankuro Kudo Director Kazushige Tanaka Director of Photography Ryuji Miyajima Editor Shutoku Mukai Original Music Composer Kankuro Kudo Screenplay Masahiko Mizuguchi Producer Kazutoshi Wadakura Producer Hiroyasu Koizumi Production Design
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